Paper Mario: Color Splash is the best looking installment in the series, offering the most immersive world to-date. Still, its battle system suffers in a misguided bid to innovate. One of the best ...

I have long felt that the Paper Mario series is one of the best video games series out there, at least based on its roots, but many - especially those outside of the Nintendo family - probably have no ...

Paper Mario Color Splash feels more like walking through a board game or a diorama than like playing a video game on Nintendo’s Wii U console. The fifth game in this side-series, Color Splash also ...

came out back in October for the Wii U, and many fans of the series noted the game’s lack of original characters, considering the majority of the game’s characters were Toads. Color Splash’s producer ...

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Mario has come in a lot of different styles and shapes over the years, but few have been as memorable as the Paper Mario series. Just like it sounds, the series gives us a 2D cutout version of Mario ...

Paper Mario: Color Splash puts a new spin on the “Mario Paint” idea. Reminiscent of the adhesive gimmickry of Paper Mario: Sticker Star, Color Splash’s main appeal hinges on the joys of painting blank ...

Lou Contaldi specializes in both reviews and the business behind gaming. He began writing about tech and video games while getting his Juris Doctor at Hofstra University School of Law. He is maybe the ...

For all the grief Nintendo receives for playing it safe with its marquee franchises, it usually attempts some twist or new gameplay element whenever making another entry in a long-running series. Most ...

The Paper Mario series is a strange thing – a spin-off of a hugely successful franchise that attempts to turn a platform game hero into an RPG protagonist. On top of that, it’s a series that is ...